Nafs

Soul — between the brows

Nafs, the lower self, located by the Mujaddidi schema between the eyebrows — at the forehead rather than the chest. It is the 'world of creation' latifa, distinct from the five 'world of command' chest-lataif. The Qurʾānic typology gives three grades: nafs ammārah (commanding to evil), nafs lawwāmah (self-reproaching), and nafs muṭmaʾinnah (at peace). In the Naqshbandi sulūk the nafs is engaged through dhikr, fasting, and the discipline of intention until it consents to its own pacification — at which point it ceases to oppose the lataif of the chest and becomes their ally.